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Zach Pitluk

Jul 14, 2006
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Gene Network Sciences this week said that Zach Pitluk has joined the company as vice president of business development.

Pitluk joins GNS from German informatics firm Definiens, where he served as the North America life sciences business manager. Pitluk previously spent five years at Fisher Biosciences business unit Cellomics. Prior to this, he held sales positions at Clontech Labs, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and ISCO.

Pitluk holds a PhD in molecular biophysics and biochemistry from Yale University.

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